Recently I listened to All Time Low’s older album Put Up or Shut Up and I was really blown away by how their old music never ceases to impress me. I think that it is truly impressive that at such an immature point in their careers, …

Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans and 112
“I’ll Be Missing You”
No Way Out
Bad Boy Records
Director: Hype Williams
Ah yes, the height of the Puff Daddy craze, this was it right here. Summer 1997. The two hottest songs of the year were Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems” and Puff Daddy’s “I’ll …

Devildriver is the self titled 2003 debut album from the band, released on Roadrunner Records, featuring Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber on vocals, he quit Coal Chamber dropping the nu metal act entirely and doing what I always knew he could do, he doesn’t hold back here at all, …

“Tonight She Comes” was a previously unreleased song by the band The Cars. The song appeared on their 1985 Greatest Hits album. Just the thought that they knew the song would be a hit, and the nerve to put it on a “Greatest Hits” album is just amazing. How …

Many people would say Lady Gaga’s new album “The Fame Monster” is not a good album. I can see where they are coming from. There are only eight different songs, and it is hard to understand any of them. However, to me, it is quickly becoming one of my …

Invincible was the last album released by Michael Jackson in 2001.It was not as successful as his previous albums but still managed to sell more than 8 million copies worldwide which was regarded as a failure given that his previous albums sold more than 20 million copies …

Most people know him for the famous hit ‘Lady in Red’ but I must say I have discovered the real Chris de Burgh in some of his other, less familiar songs. What I liked more than anything else - and it was a kind of revelation to me - …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 5″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Following the discovery of the condom in Part 4, Part 5 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped In The Closet” hip hop musical series begins as Sylvester reveals that he’s suspected her cheating all along (it seems like everyone knows that everyone is …

Like a surgeon by Weird Al Yankovick is a parody of like a virgin by Madonna. Like a surgeon is so devilishly funny I can’t believe weird al wrote it. It’s all about a guy who just got through med school and became a surgeon. I went …

A very popular song in today’s rock standards would definitely have to be Mississipi Queen by the band Mountain. This song just has a great punch to it and it’s a really good song while im just cruising in the car. It’s meant to be played loud! The …

The long-standing band A.C., whose offensive name is often abreviated as such, is notorious and infamous for their noise-filled “anti-music” with frontman Seth Putnam screaming extremely offensive lyrics. Their music is music to some, a headache to most. After a decade without any original releases, A.C. finally came through …

Train of Thought by Dream Theater is a rock music album. It is mostly just the basic rock instruments (guitar, base, drums, and some keyboard), with minimal vocals. The feel of the music borders on heavy metal but with more exciting and less pounding feel. It …

When I first heard of this band, I didn’t really know to much about them other than they sounded a lot like Killswitch Engage. Well I got more than I bargained for. When I borrowed this CD from my friend Jacob, I was soon to find out that they …

R. Kelly & Public Announcement
“She’s Got That Vibe”
Born Into The 90s
Jive/Zomba Recording
This is where it all started for R. Kelly, with a group called Public Announcement. This is their very first single and music video titled “She’s Got That Vibe” from the album, “Born Into The 90s”. This was …

I have a rather mixed feeling for Jessica Simpson’s vocal voice and her music. Some of her songs are super cool and some are not. In this case, I find I Belong To Me by Jessica Simpson a totally wonderful song and it is powerful enough to conjure …

If You See Her, Say Hello is a track from Bob Dylan’s album Blood On The Tracks and certainly one of the songs on that record which I believe does a good job of conveying quite a bit of emotion and power behind both Dylan’s lyrics and vocals. I …

Coldplay is a British band specializing in the Alternative rock genre. Yellow is a wonderful love song from the Parachutes album they released a while back.
This song starts off with a guitar playing and then merges more into other instruments including drums. The singer, Chris Martin, then begins to …

Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page
“Come With Me”
“Godzilla”: The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Bad Boy Records
Due to some previous considerable success with his rock remix of “It’s All About The Benjamins”, Puff Daddy was selected to take another jab at the rock genre for motion picture soundtrack to 1998’s “Godzilla”. Here he …

Ashin’ Kusher is a song by Kid Cudi which appears on his second album Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager. Opening up with an interesting electronic drum rhythm, Kid Cudi enters with the first verse of the track pretty quickly with a melody that I …

Fergie who sings for the Black eye peas has broke out with her new cd The Dutchess and every song is becoming a hit. The recent one Big Girls Dont Cry the same title as the hit by the Four Seasons is no way a copy of the …

Overview - Go To Heaven, The Grateful Dead’s eleventh effort, is unfortunately an album that I’d have to say is average at absolute best, probably even worse than that to be honest. The opening track made me pretty hopeful for the rest of the album since it carries a …

Overview - Brave New World, Iron Maiden’s twelfth effort, is the first album with Maiden back with both Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith after being replaced by Blaze Bailey and Janick Gers for the previous two records. I have to say that it’s a nice change from the material …

Ride The Lightning, the title track of Metallica’s second release, is a song where I believe you can hear some aspects of Kill —˜Em All blended with some new aspects from Ride The Lightning. The reason I say this is because the music to …

I love Fire in the dance floor, one of the songs that Sean Kingston made popular. Now he made another song that is good song for dancing. Ennie Meenie is the song that he collaborated with Justin Bieber and it is just amazing! I love it! I have to …

Thought I Knew is a song by Weezer which appears on their self-titled record, specifically The Red Album. What’s interesting about Thought I Knew is that it actually isn’t sung by Cuomo which is quite rare to hear in a Weezer song, although I believe there a few songs …

Never buy a Fender unless you buy something equal to or better than an American Standard Stratocaster. ALL other Fenders are terrible. I hate them, it’s as if they don’t even try, they don’t even put Humbukkers or anything. Just a solid chunk of plastic and wood that you …

April 8th is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the penultimate song on their debut album On Avery Island. Though Three Peaches, another song on this album, had a pretty dark and sad sound to it, I must say that April 8th is easily the darkest track …

You may remember Danielle White from American Juniors in 2003. I remember that I was a fan of her from the couple episodes I saw, and I was happy for her that she made it into the group. I decided to see if there was anything new …

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is one of the tracks from the White Album which I would define as being simply one of the most upbeat tracks throughout the entire record and one of the most cheerful sounding Beatles’ tracks which I’ve ever heard. Right from this description I would be assuming …

If you haven’t sampled any of Michelle Williams songs from her new album ‘Unexpected’, do so ! She has such a solid, unique voice and I just love her new album. It’s more of a pop, dance type album, and the song ‘The Greatest’ is fantastic. There are great …

I believe that world-class diva Mariah Carey’s has it made in the Hero single. Why, she wrote it herself, and sang it as well, and it happens to be one of the songs most popularly requested of her at concerts and charity events. It was Carey herself …

This is actually the first time I’ll be reviewing a “rap” song. So I decided I’d go a rather different these days because I need to expand my music horizon. Every day I have been doing the same routine, listening to Alternative, Indie, Dark-Pop, Heavy-Beat, Contry and EDM music, …

Overview —“ Bomber, Motorhead’s fourth album is an album that I feel is often overlooked due to both the record which followed it and the record it precedes. A lot of times when Motorhead is mentioned the albums to really get mentioned are Overkill and The Ace Of Spades, …

I was so singing this song the other day celebrating my cousin’s birthday. We had a mini celebration in a country club and were having our own private Karaoke session. There were around 6 of us, and we had to choose around 3 songs. Amongst the 3 …

It can take a lot to make a comeback. Sometimes it takes something as simple as a new look. Other times it takes sheer determination and effort. And then there are times when it takes a little something extra.
But for Eminem, a comeback seemed like a distant dream
In 2009, …

P. Diddy, Black Rob, and G-Dep (Three The Hard Way)
“Let’s Get It”
The Saga Continues…
Bad Boy Entertainment
Director: Little X
After winning a year and a half long court case involving a Manhattan night club shooting as well as getting over the widely publicized break-up with singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, Puffy…err… P. Diddy …

I first heard Kevin Costner’s band Modern West while looking over my MySpace account. A friend had posted something about it and asked me to check it out because I mentor artists worldwide, mostly musicians. She wanted to see what I thought. I went on the band site and listened …

Bees is a song by Animal Collective and is the fifth track on their album Feels. In contrast to the previous track on the record, The Purple Bottle, Bees returns the sound of the record to a far more melodic and relaxed tone similar to that present on Flesh …

P. Diddy ft. Usher and Loon
“I Need A Girl, Part One”
The Saga Continues…/We Invented The Remix
Bad Boy Entertainment
“I Need A Girl, Part One” serves as a third single and music video from P. Diddy’s third album “The Saga Continues…”, following “Let’s Get It”, “Bad Boy For Life”, and “Diddy”, …

I think The Fixtape by Krayzie Bone is a musical classic. I just heard it today and I think it is great. I had already heard songs like Mary Mary and Sweet Jane on some other mixtapes and those songs were just great. If you have never heard them you …

I really loved the Barry Manilow: Singin’ with the Big Bands CD. It was near perfection in my opinion. I love Manilow, and I love big band, even though I don’t listen to it all that much; still, I do enjoy it greatly. Put the two …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 7″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
 
Low and behold, the mystery person who was accidentally shot at the end of Part 6 turns out to be Gwendolyn’s brother Twan (aka the black version of Arnold Schwarzenegger) who has just been released from prison. Just as predicted, Sylvester …

When The Ship Comes In is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album The Times, They Are A-Changin’. The track opens up with an acoustic guitar strumming pattern before Dylan comes in with his vocal performance with his classic tone and excellent lyrics. Like many tracks …

The To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar soundtrack CD is pretty representative of this extraordinary movie which starred Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Legazamo as drag queens. While not every track is a hit for me, several of them are.
The movie, and the CD, opens …

Saturday’s Warrior, just an inspiration play that is beyond words, has many memorable songs from it, all from the hands of lyricist Doug Stewart and Lex De Azevedo, who did the music while also serving as the play’s producer. My third favorite song from this play is a …

Looking for something on the alternative side, something peppy and yet soothing, something original, something you can really enjoy? Look no further than the group The Postal Service. With pop-rock-techno melodies, The Postal Service is a group that can appeal to almost anyone. The lyrics are …

This was the first band that I ever started listening to and this was probably the first CD I have ever purchased. I am really glad that I did buy it. It was just a random choice when I bought this CD. I thought the CD cover looked cool …

I, like others I’m sure, mostly bought this CD for its title track, “Viva La Vida”, which remains the strongest song on the album. However, that being said, Coldplay has put together a collection of some rather meaningful and haunting songs, separating this album from their previous releases.
The first …

One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning is a song by the Flaming Lips and the second song to appear on their sophomore effort, Hear It Is. Opening up with an incredibly somber sound, the band does a good job of establishing a very dark atmosphere …

As a beginner, I had no idea what kind of guitar to get. Target was selling a beginner’s kit that included an acoustic guitar, case, instructional DVD, and extra strings, as well as a small pack of picks. It retailed for $100 but was on sale for …